Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 37.7620, -119.1152

Estimated forage here is better than about 32% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (10th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 20th percentile (spring 6th, summer 63rd, fall 63rd)
California: 32nd percentile (spring 10th, summer 89th, fall 94th)
Sierra Nevada: 32nd percentile (spring 19th, summer 76th, fall 96th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across California, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

First forage: May 1 — Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Kinnikinnick
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Kinnikinnick, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Spring-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Snowberry; light amber

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.